The University of Central Greece was a public university located in Central Greece, which was founded with the Presidential Decree 92, Article 1, Government Gazette 83/A/11-4-2003 by the Greek Government on 11 April 2003 in the City of Lamia and ceased permanently its operation on 5 June 2013, Presidential Decree 99/2013, Government Gazette 134/A/5-6-2013. It was comprised the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics and the Department of Regional Economic Development.